Delicious LiveJournal Links for 10-10-2008

• the Mountain Goats | Satanic Messiah EP | digital download
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• Sad Guys on Trading Floors
  tumblr is ideal for some things
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apocalypse jr.

Now that we've had fiery heat, a surprise cold front, and more fiery heat, it's time for a weekend of 50 mph hot wind.

Also, our water heater is leaking.

Also, we have another Great Depression.

However: I have a cat on my leg and iced coffee. We're going tankless with the water heater. And what's a little blast furnace weather among friends?

Gatsby 2.0

From today's Wall Street Journal:

"The margin calls hit some chief executives who had borrowed to buy company stock. These included Chesapeake Energy Corp. Chief Executive Aubrey K. McClendon, who was forced to sell nearly his entire stake in the company, which he had accumulated in recent years, including a $43 million purchase in July. "These involuntary and unexpected sales were precipitated by the extraordinary circumstances of the world-wide financial crisis," Mr. McClendon said in a statement. "In no way do these sales reflect my view of the company's financial position or my view of Chesapeake's future performance potential.""